30 Presentation Tips

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1. 30 TIPS FOR AWESOME PRESENTATIONS Ian Lurie @portentint [email protected] The

   Portent Webinar Series
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3. portent.co/ian-proposals Yes, like this, no ‘m’.

4. #portentu This is the hash tag

5. WHY DO PRESENTATIONS SUCK?

6. PRESENTATION <> SLIDES

7. TIP #0 USE YOUR TIME WISELY

8. WRITE SLIDES REHEARSE REVISE PREP

9. TELL ME WHY CONNECT THE HOW USE STRONG LANGUAGE SUPPORT

   YOUR AUDIENCE

10. TELL ME WHY

11. WHY ASK WHY?

12. BECAUSE ‘WHAT’ IS BORING.

13. THIS IS A DOG-SIZED SEMI-AQUATIC RODENT WITH THICK FUR. yawn

14. IF YOU LIKE DOG-SIZED RODENTS THAT ALWAYS LOOK SMUG, THEN

    CAPYBARAS ARE FOR YOU. @!#*& yeah.

15. Tip #1: Read this

16. I’M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT _______________________________

17. IF YOU _______________________ THEN YOU’LL WANT TO LISTEN. tip #2:

    Fill in the blank

18. WHY = VALUE

19. WHY = VALUE TIP #3: WRITE IT FIRST

20. TIP #3: WRITE IT FIRST

21. TIP #4: HAVE A STRUCTURE

22. SAY WHAT YOU’LL SAY SAY WHAT YOU’RE SAYING SAY WHAT

    YOU SAID

23. HAVE STOPS ALONG THE WAY

24. CONNECT WHY TO HOW

25. IMPUTED VALUE

26. IMPUTED VALUE CONNECTS WHY, HOW & WHAT

27. IMPUTED VALUE IT’S ABOUT DETAILS

28. LOW IMPUTED VALUE

29. LOW IMPUTED VALUE LOOKS BEAT UP

30. LOW IMPUTED VALUE BROKEN FACE WATER DAMAGE

31. HIGH IMPUTED VALUE BLEEP

32. HIGH IMPUTED VALUE BLEEP LOOKS COOL

33. HIGH IMPUTED VALUE MOSTLY INTACT ANATOMICALLY CORRECT BLEEP

34. IMPUTED VALUE YOUR PRESENTATION MUST HAVE IT

35. TIP #5 NO BULLETS

36. TIP #5 NO BULLETS (except for lists)

37. TIP #6 AVOID ARIAL

38. BLOCK FONTS ARE FUN GOTHAM ARIAL BLACK FRANKLIN GOTHIC KNOCKOUT

    IS PRETTY AWESOME

39. BUT DON’T BE AFRAID TO TRY UNUSUAL STUFF ACADEMY ENGRAVED

    BAUHAUS IMPRINT

40. TIP #7 READABILITY IS PARAMOUNT

41. TIP #6 THE 10-FOOT TEST THE 10-FOOT TEST

42. TIP #8 THINK BIG

43. TIP #8 THINK BIG at least 32 pt type

44. TREAT TYPE AS ART

45. TIP #9 COLORS FOR EMPHASIS

46. TIP #10 PLAY WITH LINE SPACING FOR DIFFERENT EFFECTS. THIS

    FEELS REALLY ‘TIGHT’ AND TOGETHER. BUT IT’S HARDER TO READ W/ LOTS OF WORDS.

47. TIP #10 FOR JUST A FEW WORDS IT WORKS GREAT,

    THOUGH.

48. TIP #11 FOR SUPER EMPHASIS VARY TYPE SIZES.

49. TIP #12 VARY SIZES AND SPACING FOR A NICE SQUARE

    LOOK

50. TIP #13 NO WIGGLING

51. TIP #13 NO SQUIRMING

52. TIP #13 NO SMALL MOVEMENT

53. TIP #13 NO WIGGLING i am in a zen state.

54. TIP #14 USE FILLS FOR CONTRAST

55. TIP #14 USE FILLS FOR CONTRAST

56. TIP #14 USE FILLS FOR CONTRAST

57. TIP #14 USE FILLS FOR CONTRAST

58. SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY FILLED WITH PHOTO BG COLOR, 50% TRANSPARENCY.

59. TIP #15 LEARN THE GOLDEN RATIO

60. 1 1.6

61. BLEEP 1 1.6

62. TIP #15 LEARN THE GOLDEN RATIO (but don’t let it

    rule your life)

63. TIP #16 CAREFUL WITH COLORS

64. From Tim Beard FAVOR A NATURAL COLOR PALETTE

65. TIP #17 USE PHOTOS THE RIGHT WAY

66. CONFRONTATION

67. WISDOM GURU-NESS JUST SILLY

68. ANXIETY MY LIFE

69. I’M POORLY GROOMED?

70. TIP #18 AVOID OVERUSED PHOTOS

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73. TIP #19 USE YOUR COMPUTER OR TEST EVERYTHING OR USE

    PDF

74. TIP #19 USE YOUR COMPUTER OR TEST EVERYTHING OR USE

    PDF

75. IMPUTED VALUE CONNECTS WHY, HOW & WHAT

76. USE STRONG LANGUAGE I DON'T GIVE A $##@

77. TIP #20 LOOK ‘EM IN THE EYE

78. TIP #20 ‘YOU’ ‘US’ ‘WE’

79. IMPUTED VALUE PRESENTATIONS MUST HAVE IT

80. IMPUTED VALUE YOUR PRESENTATION MUST HAVE IT

81. TIP 21: USE DATA SPARINGLY

82. !"!!!! !1,000!! !2,000!! !3,000!! !4,000!! !5,000!! !6,000!! 0! 5,000! 10,000!

    15,000! 20,000! 25,000! 30,000! Sep"10! Oct"10! Nov"10! Dec"10! Jan"11! Feb"11! Mar"11! Apr"11! May"11! Jun"11! Jul"11! Aug"11! Sep"11! Oct"11! Nov"11! Dec"11! SEO!visits! NB!SEO!visits! TIP 21: USE DATA SPARINGLY

83. TIP #22 SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY

84. I’M A GEEK

85. DAMN PROUD OF IT

86. TIP #23 DO REFERENCE GENDER

87. MAN/WOMAN BOY/GIRL MAN/GIRL BOY/WOMAN

88. TIP #24 CULTURAL AWARENESS

89. SUPPORT YOUR AUDIENCE

90. TIP #25 UPLOAD TO SLIDESHARE

91. “PEOPLE PAY TO ATTEND CONFERENCES”

92. CONTENT = WORK CONTENT = PRODUCT

93. YOUR PRODUCT

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95. TIP #26 EMBED ON YOUR BLOG

96. TIP #26 EMBED ON YOUR BLOG

97. TIP #27 CREATE A LINK BUNDLE

98. TIP #28 DON’T REPEAT

99. TIP #29 DO RECYCLE

100. TIP #30 DO ANSWER QUESTIONS

101. BONUS TIP DO ENJOY YOURSELF

102. TELL ME WHY CONNECT THE HOW USE STRONG LANGUAGE SUPPORT

     YOUR AUDIENCE

103. WRITE SLIDES REHEARSE REVISE PREP

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